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GOOD Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is often called the Good-Luck Baking Powder. t Owing to the fact that good luck always attends the use of Dr. Price's, it is not essential to use it the moment it is mixed nor is it required to have the oven always just bo, as in the case with ammonia or alum powders. It is not luck after all, but the exact accuracy and care exercised in the preparation and combination of all the ingredients of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. Competent chemists iij, are cmpioyeu 10 test me ingredient Nothing is trusted to chance. Hence; it is always uniform in its work. House wives never fail to have "good luck" in mak ing most deliciou? bread, biscuit, pastry and cakes that remain moist and sweet Only Baking Powder that con tains the white of eggs. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia, Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the ' purity of this ideal powder has never been ques tioned. Poor Student at Tale. The favorite method of joying foi board is to organize tin eating club. The process is simple. At the beginning of a year a man genu around among his class m ill's and secures eight or ten who agree to take their meals together. Ho then gon to some landlady und agrees to fur nieli her with an eating club of student, lie agrees furthermore to relievo hot from all jiecuniury resHiisililitv by col lating at the end of each week from the men the money f, ir itn-ir Imard and hund it over to her. In return for this she un-ees to furnish him with his hourd. It is beneficial to the student, liecuuse the memtiers of the club, knowing that ho is in straightened circumstances, ureal ways willing to help him by paying regularly and promptly. Every class has in it four or five mon itors, whose duty it is to record the ab sence or tardiness of students at recita tions or morning prayers. A monitor receives f33 a year from the faculty. Tim Mime amount is paid each year to the man who rings the college bell. Of lute years the college press has been a fruitful source of revenue to its editors. The I jterary Magazine pays to each ed itor from f 140 to $150 a year. The financial editor receives from $180 to $180. The News jniys to each senior ed itor from $250 to $275, and the financial editor receives from $:J25 to $350. The ICecord and Courant ought to pay to each senior editor $150 yearly, but often, through poor management, barely covers ' expenses. The Yule banner clears to the publisher from f.'OO to $'250, and The Pot Pourri somewhat less tluin this sum. New Haven News. Origin, of the Lockjaw. Science is gradually alienating us from the animals who hud been our friends. M. Pasteur's theories, exceedingly inter esting and valuable, nevertheless created a line of cleavage'between man and dog, and now M. Verneuil is trying to do tho same thing between man and horse. M, Verneuil is a firm believer in the microbe theory, and if you show him tho disease lie will do his best to show you the mi crol. Latterly he has taken up lockjaw as a subject, and what he has to say u)ion it will strike the unlearned with surprise certainly, perhops also with consterna tion. It seems the disease is at once ' virulent and contagious, and that it conn toman almost entirely from horses. M. Verneuil has his facts and his statis tics to hand. Coachmen and stable boys, grooms and heljiers these are the classes among whom the disease is most com mon. A bite of a horse is a very general cause, but something less than a bite will give lockjaw to a likely subject. Among horses themselves it rages like an epi demic. All horse proprietors who have iu their stables a patient from tetanus are warned to isolate him from man and beast, and if he dies to bury him with scrupulous care. If only the microbe could be discovered, M. Verneuil would stump out the disease. He has not found it yet, but he is full of hope and full of enthusiasm. Pall Mall Budget. Military Education In Germany. Military education is very thorough. There are nine military schools in the em pire, at Potsdam, Kulm, Wahbttadt, Henshcrg, Ploen, Oranienstein, Lichter f eld, Dresden and Munich. Seven, it will be seen, are in Prussia,, Six of these re ceive pupils at 10 to 13 years of age, who terminate their studies at the List three. Their experience after examination is varied according to their standing. The best are admitted to the con of officers without further lormaiity. ine resmur. to pursue their studies further, and finally havo to be examined by the o(H cers of the regiment as to character, social position, etc. There is a higher school at Berlin, called the War academy, ... i. . a,l,tf.Ml nntv lieutenants V? nun II v. (K.i...... .j and captains who have served three years. There are other scnoois ior amner. marksmanship (rifle and artillery), rid irifr, gymnastics, medicine and surgery as relates to war, and veterinary practices. ll:iilroads and railroad stations are in cliarge of commissions, which are ex pected to keep them in condition for mobilization at any moment Berlin Cor. Kan Francisco Chronicle. City PatroM of tha Oeuliat. Into an oculist s shop on Union square iroreor more of prominent men are sometimes seen to enter on a single m-nning. Preachers, lawyers, doctors and writers make up by far tlie larger pn iortion of the number. Few of them reach 50 without feeling the need of arti I'nul eyes. Actors preserve their sight remarkably well. Leading men are rarely seen to wear eyeglasses. Merchants wli'we bookkeeping is done for them by employ get along well enough to 50 and 60 Tears of age with their own eyes. The bookkeepers buy the spectacles. The oculist savs it is the haste of modern life, worry, disease and carelewnes that build tip and maintain his trade. When from any of the reasons the human eye fails to accommodate itself to distances, its fjcus has to be lengthened or shortened, I ke that of an opera giant New lork VurU. LUCK. strengtn ana purity of each RpSitan fiorlnlosy. Every student of history knows that the Spartans worshiped tho beautiful and tho useful, and that they took the means to get them. Iiodily perfection and mental activity were attained by well appointed exercise and healthy pa rents. The sickly and the constitutionally diseased were riot allowed to marry; the healthy were punished if they did 'not marry. Men that were unmarried after t certain age were excluded from the society of women, and once a year w ere exhibited in public as a warning toother and younger men. Voting men and young women were not allowed to marry before they had attained maturity or cut loose from parental leading strings. This Spartan system, which was purely for the welfare of the statu, was in force for 500 years, and no braver nor stronger men, no moro healthy nor more beauti ful women, were, ever seen than In old Sparta. Few would wish to sec Spartan ism revived in these days, but wo may learn some valuable lessons from that ancient state. We may also learn something from our newly born sister republic, Brazil, where there is a remarkable and self im posed family custom in regard to mar riages in the higher classes. The man about to marry is required to furnish a certificate from one or more physicians that he is free from diseases of a certain class, ant that be is free also from all signs of any of tho diseases that are transmissible to the offspring, and fur ther than this, the physicians must tes tify that so fur as they can learn there is no reason to believe that the marriage will be otherwise than in accord with sanitary laws. We, as a people, ore taking moro interest in tho prox-r kinds of physical culture than before. Our women are coming to know that they can dress just as well without distorting their bodies and imperiling their health. But tho day of the truly sanitary mar riage is long way off. Meanwhile a great many people are getting married that should remain single. Chicago Herald. Inatruinrntu of Torture. It is stated that tho renowned collec tion of uiediujvul instruments of torture at Nuremberg bus been sold to a London company. Prima facie we should doubt that the municipality of a town so fa mous for its antique relics would be will ingor, indeed, would be permitted to dispose of a collection unique, so fur as wo know. Nor do the projects of the London company, as described, incline us to faith. But the report is circum stantial. Our enterprising fellow citi sens propose to exhibit their treasures in tlie chief towns of Europe, and then to put them up for auction. Furthermore, it is asserted that the authorities of Ber lin already look forward to tho sale, and meditate buying the lot in bulk. Doubtless an exhibition of appliances for torture, authenticated by at least the belief of generations, would draw pro digiously. It is strange how fow Instru ments of the sort survive possessing se rious claims to confidence. Our own specimens in the Tower are just as au thentic as the block on which, as the worthy beef eater declares. Anno Boleyn lost her head. It is easy to understand that the governor or olUeiuls in charge of an old state prison would destroy such terribly irritating objects if they hud time, when threatened by events that might lead to an exxwure. Thus we are not surprised to learn that no machinery for torture was discovered in any of the Inquisition buildings that have been seized. But there aro so many cases where it seems improbable that they would have removed or broken them up, that one is led to suspect the executioner may have kept his smaller Instruments, at least, In his own quarters. London Standard. Ttiarkeray and HI Maonaerlpt Th: rkcray took up his manuscript time after time to touch and rtouch till his fastidious taste was satisfied. After his death hi friends found some Bheets of manurr;..t in bis pocket book scored and underscored twenty times over. The world is n"t so foolish as home sloppy writers ap.-ar to think, and appreciates care and tini-h. ' As a rule, the work that lives dwne to live. The slapdash stvlcmav List for a tune, thr.";h the wonderful art of puffing, but it soon dies OUL Lmdo" Society. FoUI In Church Choir. I wish 1 might say that the one great requirement for obtaining a position In a city cboir is a voice. But, unfortunately, I cannot Influence, youth, a pretty or intelligent face. taste in dress and a good address wOl each and all have their value in this as in other pursuit and profes sions. All of tbe latter, however, are of only the slightest importance in compar ison with the power wielded by the first of them influence. Ladies' Home Journal. SUN SHOWtRS, A bright blue liy and a "1!tig aua I urn uJ.lrnly llik k cloud, gray and Mm, Csme arodttiuic akmf In an Slurry ran And cut tired ltd fro am ih hrarra's fair face And tl n rani, rluuing with petulrnt apUuh, Myruulaof dnifai In a aay quite raab; Thin a lustra rift allowed a atrip of blue. And ttuHucb dra (rU (, tbe sua em lied Ihrmucb A rhlld'a fair face, and a merry ahout. Then MicMriily frown, and an entry pnut; And a aliuwer of lean fullua pout and frown, I'liaMiur b other ifiljr dowa Out quk-kly the fair far- llichu strain. And Uie aua (Uni out through tbe cloud and mm; Fur though tra full fart, yet a Smile (lints Ihrvxurh, While, tlie frown baring down, iheerveahow blue. -J male liordun. JIMMY'S ADVENTURE. Jimmy Western was a New York boy, born and bred in that great, noisy, rushing city. Had you asked liiin any question alsmt streets, museums, toological gardens, tho busy markets, or the best places in Central park to skate in win ter, you would have been surprised at tho wisdom displayed by this little fellow in regard to the great metropo lis. Jimmy had seen tho great Atlantic steamers as they moveu slowly up to their docks, unloading their hundreds of passe n gcrs, peoplo from those far off lands beyond the seas, and he had often wondered and asked innumera ble questions of Uncle Joe, who dearly loved the bright littlo boy, and found pleasure in answering his many ques tions. J i mine's only knowledge of these far off lands was gained from wonder ful tales from his elder playmates and such stories us ho was ublo to read and understand. His father was a wealthy gentlo man ; his mother uu educated and ro ll ned ludv, who knew little of the triuls of tlie KXr. Jimmy was just 10 years of ago nt tlie commencement of in v story; was the prusjiective heir to a largo sum of' money. llis'littlo sister, F.lla, was just 6, and a more beautiful littlo fairy it would have been hard to lind. Jimmy was quite fond of her, and considered himself quito a man iu car ing for her. lie hud iiinumerublo tovs and al lowed Ella to join him in all his tqiorts. His rtx'kiug horses, hoops, (Irani and marbles were always at her disH)sal, so you see Jimmy was not like some littlo boys that I know, who nre ashamed to bo seen playing with girls, and their own little sisters are sometime, I nm sorry to say, snubbed. No wonder tho world looked bright to Jimmy. llo often wondered and longed to know of Unit wonderful land called the "far west," of which ho had read stories and heard tales of iU trackless prairies roamed over by Indians; of Us great stretches of desert hind, and conjectured that it was only inhabited by Indians, buffaloes, bears, panthers, etc. As he looked at the western sky, illumined by the descending sun, Jim my would draw pictures iu his imagin ation of this fur away country; how to get there, what lie would see, and how, mounted on a "wild steed" or an ungovernable "bronco," he would duali over the prairies, bunting, lassoe ing wild cattle und horses, and in dulge in all the sports of that wonder ful land if ho lived there. Jimmy had seen a few Italians iu one of the mu seums and hud once seen un encounter between cowboys and Indiuns in a big circus tent Alus, poor Jimmy I how soon your boyish dreums were realized I Olio day, soon after a romp in the nursery in which Ella joined, with tho rocking horse a wild mustang, Ella an Indian, mounted in a rocker, with two spaniel puppies grizzly bears, and a fierce encounter with wooden guns, Jimmy's father ciimo home with a pale face, A long conference between his father und mother took place, and Jimmy was finally told that his father was ruined. Through tlip baseness of a trusted partner in some largo invest ments iu a wonderful speculation which promised largo returns, Mr. Weston found himself in bankruptcy. Jimmy heard of the disaster with littlo dismay. 11a was too young to realize his lather's abstracted air or his mother's palo face and tears. In a fow short weeks the house was in the bands of strangers. Nurse, with her wonderful fairy tales and goblin stor ies, discharged. Tho "pony cart," Jimmy's prido and joy, disjiosed of. and one bright spring morning found our young hero on tho road to tlie "far west.7, Jimmy's futher remembered an old friend who bad gone to California and who hud written back glowing de scriptioiisof that golden laud. Ilo was uovv cominunderut Fort Yuma. Thith erVimniy's father determined to go. "I am going to be a cowboy and fight Indiuns and show them what a New York boy is mude of," said Jim my to Ella one day. "But Jimmy, 1 1 1 ji lis will shoot and carrv off little boys and girls and eat 'em. "Eat Vint oh, Ella, nobody eats folks but cannibals! Injins ain't can nibals. Uncle Joesuid lujius was just w ild men, who had never been civil ized and lived iu tents and never been told about God, nor uothin'," explain ed Jimmy. "I don t care, I don't want to see no Injins; I want to ride, but I don't want to be eat up," said Ella, who be lieved fully in the carnivorous habits of the noble red man. "fcjhol I'll show them what Jimmy Weston is made of, and I'll take care of you, loo, Ella; so don't you be afraid," said Jimmy. One beautiful day along in the ear ly summer our party found them selves at tit. Joe, Mo. Here tbe weary journey was to begin. Civilization was to be a thing of tie past, and even jimmy's eyes grew larger and wider open when" he saw the long strings of covered wagons, the greatstrongiuulo and ox teams, the guides and scout in their buckskin suits and fringed leg- mr with their low? buir and their Its stuck full of knives and pistols. their keen, piercing eyes, and lwUmea to their wonderful stories and hair breadth escapes. "I'm going to be a scout, now. that's what I'm troinif to be," said Jimmy one day, after eyeing one of those rurtliiea and listening to bis tales. "My son, you insv have work for scouts ueiore ion mmmraKuw, ra.nlie.1 Jimmf'l father. They found that a large party had left St Joe the very morning of their arrival. Jimmy's father was very sorry, as .t was a Very dangerous piece ofjmsi- tiess crossing in small pufUes. They Lustily made their preuaratious, hop ing to overtake the other party. Se curing the services of a trusty guide, teams, blankets, guns, ammunition, cooking utensils, with many other necessary artiites, and provisions, our party, with the addition of a number of other families who hud arrived, commenced their journey across the plains. Jimmy was in his clement His fa ther bought him a lovely little ritle, after persistcut tensing on Jimmy's part Among the parties who joined them was a family named March. It con sisted of Mr. and Mrs. March and their son Sep, a lad of 15. The boys became firm friends and never tired of sitting beside old Zeb lVke and listening to his marvelous tales of frontier life. "1 tell you Zeb, I would like to meet the Injins and show them that all New ork boys are not tendcrftvt," said Jimmy one day, after they had been a couple of weeks On the trail. "Wul, youngster, by the signs of the times yer tan soon be gratified," said Zeb, walking slowly up and lean ing on his long rille, with the lariat of his pony thrown carelessly over his other arm. "We are goin' ter have squally times, my hearties," addressing Sep and Jimmy. "Why I Zeb, how do you know?" excitedly exclaimed Jimmy. "Iever yer mind, youngsters, old V . K. I1UIII i Wll BCV'UVIIIg Ull hlllBC a'r prarys nigh on ter thirty years not ter know what ho is talk in' about; yas, yas, lads, yer will have a chance with yer little guns." Zeb now left them and walked hur riedly up to the wagon in w hich was seated Jimmy's father. "Say, mister, 1 want to see yer," said Zeb. "Yes, Zeb, what can I do for you?" said Mr. Western, dismounting and coming up to Zeb. ' "Yer can't do much fer me, Mr. Western, said Zeb, shifting a quid of tobacco from one side of his mouth to the other, "but I rex-kin I can dosomo thin' fer yer," "What do you mean, Zeb?" said Mr. Western. "He means Injins," excitedly ex claimed Jimmy, coining up. "Hush, Jimmy; what is it, Zeb" said Jimmy's father, turning palo. "Just this, Mr. New Yorker, that fer the last few miles thur's signs of Injins. Not a word to the wimiiiin'," exclaimed Zeb hurriedlv, as ho saw Mr. Western turn towaitl tho wagons, "lXiggoned ef I want ter hear a ack of witiiiuin and young ones squall und holler. Jist yer give ther sword ter camp fur tho night at the littlo run, not nior'n a dozen rods ahead," ex plained Zeb. Mr. Western did us Zeb directed, ami then culled the men together. "Friends, there is work ahead, I fear, for us," said Mr. Western. Each man clutched his trusty gun mora closely, and a determined look settled on every face. "Gentlemen, thur's squully limes ahead and tough work, remarked LVko. "Sonio liar raising uforo lnorn in'." "What shull we do, Zeb? we will follow you and your advice." "Wul, friends, put the wagons in a circle, correl the animuls, so's the blamed varmint would stumpedo Vm, and git the wiminin and youngsters into the center, then throw up breast works of tho provender, furniture, etc.," said Zeb. "That dod rotted old Blackfoot chief, Big Thunder, with agungof his sneak in' devilish cut throats, uro not many miles ahead. Yer seen mo talkin' with ther stranger this niornin'? Wul, that's old kell llannon, tho terror of tho Injins, and he told me of the sus picions ofhis'n, and I see they will be verified," said old Zeb, "Yer 'member the train that left St Joo tho moruiii' ahead of yer? Wul, they hadn't as good teams as yer has aim could not travel so fust. They in't more than twenty miles ahead. "I say, Sep, I'm mighty glad I met you," siiid Jimmy. Sep hud lived near tho Missouri river nil his life, and frontier lifo was an every day occurrence to him. He hud taught Jimmy to shoot his gun, use a bow and arrow, and ride a bucking horse; in fuct thev were in separable, and Jimmy had acquired quite an idea of western life. "As soon as it gets darker I will do a littlo reconorterin' on my own hook," said Zeb. "Ef my suspicious are kerreck I will push ahead and bring back a force from the advanced party. Yer keep a sharp lookout, but keep cool, uouttuct will come 'til near niorinu', that's tho lujin on it," auid Deke. Durkness closed about the little party. No su pper was cooked or eaten that night, fur, though Ben and Jim my both had appetites like young bears, they were loo much excited to eat Mrs. Western, with littlo Ella clasped in her arms, and the other women and children gathered about her, was as pule as marble, yet cool and collected. , Pickets and lookouts were ktutioued under Zeb's directions. "I guess I don't want to be a cow boy," said Jimmy iu a w hispcr to Sep, where they were both huddled under the protection of a wagon. "I believe I'd rather be buck iu New York, no lujius there, only in (lie shows, and they won't shoot u feller, truly." "Well, you bet old Big Thunder will shout every time, Jim, but you must not show the white feather, if it U a fight, w hy fight," said Sep. "Keep your gun ready and keep cool, Jim. Mrs. Western here beckoned to Jim ray. "Oh! my boy. my boy, this is terrible. Oh I why did we come, why did we leave New York? Still. I must not complain; father did for the beat, lie thought 'We must trust to God, Jimmy." "Yes, mother, I will, and I will help father protect you and little Ella. Ain't I glad I know how to shoot?" added Jimmy, fondly patting his lit tle rifle. "Hark I what's that?" whispered one. "Tlie sound of muffled feet," whis pered Mr. March. "T heir coming, sure, Jim," said Sep, "brace upl" Far out in the darkness was seen ahadowv forms, cirelinar round and round. Now and then a dark object would appear above tlie grass. Nearer investigation would have told you that it was a Blackfoot s lulled lieao. The men waited with bafc-d breath 'They think us asleep," wbupered Sen. "Well, you bet I ain't ailp," mut trrd Jifumvi "in hair is stitfer than porcupine quills. Why, niy hat is lifted off from my Lead. A dark form was now. seento emerge from tlie tall grass, snake like, crawl ing nearer and nearer. Jimmy drew his gun to his shoul der to shoot. "iHni'l shoot, for heaven's sake, Jim," w hisered Sep, pushing the gun downward. Just as tlie form crawled nearly up to one of the wagons and raised it head to gel a bettor view, an arrow whizzed from an unseen hand und buried itself in tho brain of the redskin. With a groan, the Indian fell over dead. i His companions evidently saw it for, with u terrific yell, dark forms sprang from the earth, as if every sprig of grass was alive. A tall, gaunt form now sprnng into the enclosure, and was at once recog nized as the stranger of tlie morning. As tho Indians' fierce jell died away a voice exclaimed: "Up and ut tho red devils; show 'em no mercy 1" Tho Indiuns made, a fierce dash, their tomahawk and glistening scalp ing knives gleaming iu the moonlight Tho lull form of the stranger wits seen everywhere. Whiz, whiz, rruck, crack, bang, bung, mingled with the yells of the redskins made u din loo horrible to picture. Mr. Western and Mr. March were lighting bravely. Jimmy's littlo gun was speaking rapidly and Sep was loading and fir ing us fust as Missible. "Oh, IhkII mother!" screamed Jim my, und tho next instant, with guu in hand and a spring, ho was at the wagon w here the brawny chief, with his hand clutched in Mrs. Western's long hair, was raising' the terrible tomahawk. Littlo Ella, with wild eyes, was kneeling ut tho foot of the suvuge. One moment and it would bo all over. One moment and Big Thunder lay a corpse, shot through the heurt by brave little Jimmy's gun. But what does this mean? Cheers, yells mid shouts I Bravo Zeb lVke and a band of gal lant men came riding up, tiring rapid ly as they i-ume. Every crack was a redsk ill's death knell only three lived to escape. "Wal, wal, my hearties," cried Zeb, "what did 1 tell yerf Kel, yer was jist iu time," turning to Lis brother scout , , "Goin' ter bo cowboys, hoy? Goin' ter shoot lujius, be ye, hey Jimmy? Wul, by tho eternal, yer would make a good oho. 1 never Mtw unvthing putteyer than tho way yur plugged Unit old rascal, Big Thunder I It was a big surprise fer tlit-ui taruel cusses," continued Zeb. "Oh, Zeb I God Idoss my bravo boy and all of you," exclaimed Mrs. West ern. "Why, vas, yns; I hope ho will," replied Zeb, a. Jimmy's mother fell buck, too weak fixnu the shock to talk. Thev moved on rapidly now, and J'nineu forces at thu "Ouuips," a place eslgnated by every westerner as known for plenty of grass, good water, etc., and as the end of u comparatively safe journey and where tho dangerous part begun. Tho ivmuinder of the journey was devoid of further adventures, us they were now too strong for wuudoriiig bunds of Indians to attack. You may be sure Hint Jimmy wus mudo the hero of the hour, and .wus presented with a lovely little pony und a beaded buckskin suit by the com mandant at the fort when they ar rived. Urueo Cameron in City and Country. Tannlnn, K.t mid Vi ral. California tanners tire revolutioniz ncr the hido and leather business. They go into the business of tunning ujioii tlio sameextuiisivoscaie thai na ture seems to work on out there. Since tho successful use of wattle bark for tunning, which is suticrior to hemlock, and nearly equal to ouk, they go right into tho forests unit establish tanner ies, using Chinese labor. When the supply of bark in the vicinity is ex hausted, the v move the tannery umilo or two further on and rcsumo opera tions just liko a portable sawmill. Tanneries in theenst that arc forced to transport their burk for long distances cannot compete successfully against these conditions, and In aililiuoii to all this oak bark is getlinj Ncurcer and higher every year. 1 do not know anything about an alleged discovery of tanning hides by electricity, and am inclined to believo it is something on tho order of the recently exploded electric process of refining sugar." llido JX'aler in bt. ixiuis Oloou-Uemo- crut Tbe Baleful Kaat Wind. That wind from any one of the four cardinal or Intermediate points should have a uioxe depressing effect upon the human system than that from any or all of the other points seems like sheer est nonsense. In these days, however, we cannot forego scientific testimony. Dr. Hiiihards says: "That all nervous conditions in which, for want of a mora correct term, we say the nervous tone Is lowered,' are much intensified by the east wind. Indued, tho sjieciul action of this peculiar wind Is to pro duce 'want of tone,' or debility. Under Its Influence almost all sick persons say they are depressed ; they do not com plain of reduced appetite nor of pain Intensified, but they declare thut they are rendered prostrate both iu mind and body. Iu brief. If a single word were' wonted to eipress tlie morbid ef fect of an east wind on a sick man that word would be 'prostration.' " bt Louis Republic Helping the Reeordlng AngeL "Please light Tour cigar well before leaving, so that the recording angel will have leas work to do," roads a sign nosted In trout of the cigar lighter in a tobacconist's store In Whitehall street I asked the man behind the counter to explain the sign. "It means," said he, "that you should see that your weed Is perfectly lit before yoa leave the store, so that ou wiii not have to stop a man In 'the street and wk lilin for a light Every man that han't lii cigar to a stranger to pull at for fire Is supposed to swear Inwardly at the annoyanne and the probable damage to his own cigar. That makes work for the recording angeL 5ow York Herald. 11 M t-nitailua. Young Athlete (to solemn vis-a-vu) May I trouble you for a matchl Thauks. Cy the ay, you have a su perb physique. Ever put on the gloves! rVjlemn I'arty Yes; I'm a boxer." Y. A. (to booo corn mil ions)- llello, boys, here's a fellow after my own heart 8. P. (hastilv) If pardon, Vm an undertaker. I'iltsbu rg l!u 1 let iu. REST COMETH AFTER ALL Beyond lh lull, the burtlrn of the day, Hryuml tlir lriui-i. and I lie alnrra of Ufa, Far fruut Hit tumult of the aearjr war, llryond tlip lontflim and III rra Ima (trlfa Out uf Ihe lUrkni's and Ihr i(!,iin of olgnt, llryund lliv lillla a hire aliedow never fall. And far brynnd Ihe range ef mortal sight, Keat eomrlli after ill. After the fvvrr and thr rralliva pain, A fter t he wall iihi and the ei-ary anal. After Ihe oonflii l and Ihe kiaaaiid i!ain, After Ihe anrrow and the ilwliat Iran, Far, far bryimd Ihe lofty hxlitht of Kama, Ik'yiitid Ilia hllla n hrrv admin Dover fall. Hi yimil Ihr frar of t rtmur and uf blame, Iteat minrlli aflrr all. - Woman' Journal. The Soldlrr of tlie I'lalna. Our frontier cavalryman is the beau Ideal of an irregular. The Irregular horseman of all ages was nvniltvl from among roving, unintelligent rlase e, and had, eioept in hi own peculiar province, as plentiful a lack of good as ho hud a auM'rahiinthtiico of bad quail ties. Our tnNiN'r la intelligent and trained hi the hardest of schools. Few civilians, who find it so easy to criticise the tiMralious of the army hi the wet. would make much of a success In hunt Ing a IniihI of a few hundred Indians In a pathless wilderness or a waterless des ert bigger than New York anil New Kugluiid combined; and yet, thus hand leapied, whut splendid work our cuv ulry lias done! While ouo civil department of the government hits for years been busy sowing the seeds of strife and furnish ing the nil man arms of precision, tlie Ust of cartridges and plenty of tliem, how ably our handful of blueeXMits, un der orders of another, have managed to quell the Indian uprisingsl A force of 50, (KM) men constantly on foot would havo been untie tin) great to do Justice to our Indian problem since tho war. The actual force has been less than a third of this number. Let whoso is tempted to criticise the army make himself familiar with some of the dcwls of heroism of the past twenty years by our soldiers on the plains. Criticism blenches before their recital. Dut tlie soldier is no boaster. You must seek his story from other llM than his. Colonel T. A. Dodge In Harper's. A Usee lletween Two Ureal Slate. Ten years ago Kansas and Nebraska entered on a race for supremacy. It is not over yet,, for Nebraska and perhaps Kansas has yet broad lands awaiting tho settler's plow; but wo are enabled by tho recent census to note the results so far. It was not an equal contest, for Kansas had many advan tages; she had already iu lHtH) more than twice the palliation of Nebraska OtKt, OUO to 453,40-J and she was almost tho Is'st advertised state in the union. How does the comparison stand now? Kansas' population today is 1,-123,485; increase, tX,m, or 43 10-11 per ceut The population of Nebraska is now 1,058,. 7M; increase, OtM.aUl, or 133J jier cent And still we grow. Teu years ago Kansas stood twentieth of the states of the Union iu population; Unlay she is in the same rank, or at muni nineteenth. Ten years ago Nebraska, with her less thun half million popula tion, stood thirtieth in the list. Bince then she has distanced three of her com petitors, and now stands twenty -seventh. Lincoln Journal. I'ruvlilona fur a Ung Trip, "Have you any mince pie?" he said, bustling up to the proprietor of a Nas sau street restaurant and letting his au tumn tinted soee harmonize with the cranlierry tarts. "Certainly, sir." "Little early, isn't It, for mincer "Oh, no." "Aren't remnants or markdowns from last year, oro they?" 1 "Of course not," answered the propri etor indignantly. "Well, yon do me up a whole pie. Vm going to start for Omaha at fi o'clock and I want a stayer for the trip. You see," he added, leaning confidentially on the cake rack, "when I went west last year I eat half a mince pie before I started. Well, sir, I never seen Any thing stand by yer like it Couldn't eat a mouthful of anything till I got to Ht. Louis. This year I'm bnyln' a whole pie,, and I reckon she'll see me clean Into tho state of Nebraska. "New York Tribune. ' Ther Just Stepped Off tha Train. A tragedy happened on an cast bound Texas Psciflo train about two miles east of Paris Hunday afternoon. Among the passengers on the train were two ne groes seeking employment as cotton pickers. They hail never been on a train before, and seeing a great deal of cotton In the fields they were passing desired to get oft and hunt work. Ho they walked opt on the platform and Jumped off; The train was stopped and backed down to where they were lying. One was crushed and the other was badly injnred.an Antonio Express. Sleamahlp and Whale In Colllalnn The steamship Qiieenmnoro. Capt. Tronery, has arrived from Liverpool with a general cargo. On Saturday, Oct. S3, the (jueensmore paralysed a big whale. Capt. Trenery tried to steer out of the way, but the whale was too close on and the ship gave It a stunning glanc ing blow. The whale did not move, and the water soon became stained with blood. Baltimore American. One of the shortest names in the coun try is pjssessed by Mr. Ye, who Is secre tary of the Core an legation at asmng- ton. Mr. Ye has just been made liappy by the arrival at his home of a little daughter, and the child has been chris tened "Washoti Ye," which in English means 'Washington." This child is the first born of the Corean nationality In this country . Tt.A revenue cntter Rush, late from a northern Pacific tour, brought home a walrus skin over fourteen feet long. It was captured by some junior oliicers on Walrus island, and will be sent to the Bmithsonian institution at Washington, where, after being properly prepared, it will form one of tbe Alaskan exhibits at tbe World's Fair. For catarrh snuff np considerable salt and water from tbe hollow of tho hand every morning. Suit and water used as a gargle Just before going to bed strength ens the throat and helps to prevent bron chlal troubles. It is also excellent fur sore throat A fanner in Van Cnren, Pa., owns three apple orchards. On one tree this year were fifteen bushels. All the oth ers together bore not more than a bushel rtotany. Made Y.imj. Children dearly love to imitate; In that respect tlnl tdumld not be offended at hearing themselves called very nearly tlieeimnlsof monkeys. Boy lilue lives In a family where botany furnishes one (f the occupations nnd pastimes of the hour. Srurcely a day posies without some teamed ex)Hixit ion at the table or the display of a leafy wonder. It is not strange that the little lad has caught the prevailing mania to the ex tent of dubhlin' iu science on his own tccotiiit. Ono tiny he was overheard by his ehlers, a he guvo the following learned exposition to u little cousin. Boy Blue held an apple tree branch In his hnnd, and began enlarging upon Its prxulinritie. "Now, Tommy, said he, "see how very rurions till Is. There Isn't often o many pistils iu the middle, but this is a rare siiecunen, and it's got, I should ' think, as many as fifty. Tho petals, yon notice, ore pin'ii-h. It isn't often yon find ono yellow orliltie. but if yon slionl.l you'd send it to some professor nnd he'd name it lifter ymi. Perhaps he'd call it the Tominj-unia. 'Then here aro tho leaves, lou'tl My, if yon didn't know anything sis. nt botany, that they woro netted veiid; hut look a little doner" Here Bov Blue himself looked a little closer, and found that he was not stat ing a fact. "I do b'heve this is netted," he ex claimed, recovering his self posrersion with tho coolness of n true scientist. "I hall have to press this rpec'mon and la- ' bclit 'rare, very rare indeed. Now.ob- serve how few leaves In on this stein. Only six or seven, you'll find: never more thou seven. One, two As the young lecturer proceeded ho found his prophecy was to be belied. That, however, did not daunt him. Calmly stripping off the superfluous leavi's he went on counting and an nounced in triumph: "Seven! I told yon so. Oh, Tommy, it's n great comfort to lie a reul iHitanlst!" Youth'sConipanioi.. Repaying Joke. An Incident occurred recently at the Roosevelt street ferry oflVo which Illus trate how ouo man can moko another's life miserable with little exertion. One evening the collector shoved out to a passenger thirty-two three cent pieces nnd one cent In cichaiiu'o for a dollar. after deducting the fare, which was three cents. The collector grinned and thought ho had played a good joke on the passenger, who took tho money without a protest, but made uphismind t. .i-.ttt U'llli I1,n 4n Ho thought hard for three dors, and at last hit on a scheme. Sharpening the end of a file he nicked one side of each three cents. Every morning and evening iu going to and from his wo- k ho placed a three cent piece in tho palm of. his hand and slapiKsl It firmly down lu front of the collector. At theso times there was al ways a rush. In his hurry tho collector tried to slide the money along with the til of his fingers, but it stuck fast. Then he resorted to his finger nails, mut tering blessings on th" head of the man who annoyed him. TuUwas kept np for thirty-two days until the nickel pieces were all exhausted. But even to this dav tho collector ulways picks no a three cent piece with his finger nails, so strong has the habit become. Ernest Jarrold In Now 1 ork Journal. He partes. A man who returned from a yachting trip, which for some tart of the time in cluded Mr. Edwin Booth ass guest, tells the following good story of professional repartee between Mr. Booth and Mr. La Moiitagne, the well known amateur. No sooner had Mr. Booth come aboard the yacht than he was seized with a violent attack of attention to the waves at the side of the vessel. Mr. Booth's atten tion was engrossed hero for a long time, and when he retnrned to the party with, as one of them said, everything lost save honor Mr. La Moiitngno said in mild reproof, "Why, Mr. Booth, is that the way you are given to gagging your parts?" 'Not at all," said ilr. Uootb, seating . himself in his best tragedy style, "not at all. I simply didn't like the reception that these swells gave urn, and so I threw up the part." New York Even ing Sun. lleaiity In Dualneu. Oue thousand women lu Oalesburg. Ills., earn their own living. It doesn't appear why. There are plenty of men, and they seem to be clever. But these one thousand women come down town every morning to teach school, to sell goods, to run typewriters, to ask your minitier when yon ring np the cen tral, to send messages, to keep books, to work in factories, and to oil. Most of these women have not only earned their own bread here, but they have built hoinee. Perhaps if some of the young men here bad done likewise there might not have been so many wouien bread winners. Cor. Chicago Tribune. A New Way to tie! Old Debt. First Florist Young Do Piuk is a slow , payer, Isn't he? Hecond Florist Lout week he paid np the big bill he owed me, and made all sorts of apologies said be'd forgotten all about ft "Eh? Did you send him a writ?" "No; the last time he ordered a bou quet to be sent to his girl I made ont a bill for the past three years, giving the address each bouquet went to." , ' "Yes." "Well, the boy nude a mistake, and delivered tbe bouquet to De Pihk and the bill to tbe girl" Loudon Tit-Bits. Illg Craouerry Growers. 8orae of the largest growers of cran berries are Mr. Makepeace, whose plan tations on Cai Cod produce aliont 50,000 barrels annnully; Mr. Small, of Har wich, who pats about 12,000 bushels on the market; Fitch & Co., near Berlin, Wis., whose annual crop has reached 10,000 barrels, aud Joseph ilinchman, of Treuton, N. J., about b.OUO bushels, Cor. Philadelphia Press. Plans proposed for Irrigation both In Upper and Lower Egypt during the period of low Nile Include the building . of a high barrage across the river at tho first cataract Great opposition has been excited against this proposition, as it In volve the submersion of the beautiful Island uf Pliiloe and its magnificent mon uments for several months each year. Stockmen, whose cattle have been driven from the Cherokee strip, have formed a syndicate, and mill establisk grazing grounds in Missouri They pro pose la a short time to make Missouri tbe leading cattle state lu the Union,